12 - Making Kits For At Home Learning with Biliana Popova

Biliana Popova is a ceramics teacher at a small private school.  In this episode we talk about her successes and challenges with sending clay kits home with the students during the COVID-19 shut down.  We discuss the supplies and tools she included in her kits.  Only sending a small amount of clay home provided valuable lessons in recycling and reusing the clay for several projects.  She focuses on the positive opportunities that are presented by our “at home” situation.  She offers ideas for finding objects for texture, teaching students how to take quality photos of their artwork, and making tools with simple supplies. She also offers so many other projects ideas that she is using throughout her multi-level ceramic program.  This year five of her students were recognized at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) SoCal High School Student Exhibition.